Target for amusement devices



Feb; 5 1924o 119432725 A. H. BECHTOL ET AL.

TARGET FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICES Filed Nov. 30 1923 .2 Shees-Sheei l Fe. 5 1924., Mlwfg A. H. BECHTOL ET AL.

TARGET FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICES Filed Nov. 30 1923. 2 Sl'lee'rs-Sheecl 2 @mw/m? Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

` uNiTED STATES PATENT ABCHIE H. B ECHTOL, 0F MEMPHIS,ITENNESSEE, WALTER A. TRATSCE, 0F

' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. c

TARGET FOR AMU'SEMENT DEVICES.

Application led November 30, 1923. Serial No. 677,738.

To all wlw/m. t may concern:

Be it known that we, ARoHmfH. BEorrroL and WALTER A. TRA'rscH, both citizens of the United States, respectively residing at Memphis, Shelby County, State of Tennessee,` and Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Targets for Amusement Devices; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to targets for use in amusement devices, and has for its object to provide a construction comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and more eiiicient in use than those which have heretofore been proposed.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the novel details of construction, and combinations of parts more vfully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

This invention is especially adapted for use in connection with the amusement device disclosed and claimed in the patent granted to us on May 15, 1923, and numbered 1,454,947.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views:

Figure 1 is a partial sectional View of a target made in accordance with this invention; 1

Figure 2 is an elevational View of the stationary member of such a target;

Figure 3 is a view of a portion of the movable member of such a target;

Figure 4 is a side view of 'an amusement device with portions broken away to show the application of the invention thereto; and l Figure 5 is a sectional view of a pistol adapted to actuate the movable member of such a target.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the top frame member of an amusement device provided with the slot 2 and supporting one edge of a transparent top through which the target may be viewed. 3 are the sides and 4 .is the bottom member of the said device. Between the top frame member 1 and the bottom member 4 is the shelf 5 which is' provided wth'theslot 6 positioned in line or registry with the slot 2 in the top member 1. The shelf `5 to ether with the top 1 forms the support for t e target casing.

This said casing comprises a front plate 7 provided with the opening. 8, through which thetarget may be seen. The said front plate 7 is further providedat its top and bottom edges with the flanges 9 and 1()` the back and front members will closely fit` one within the other, and when the members are in such position, see Figure 1 the casing may be fastened to the top 1 and the shelf 5 by any means such as the screws 17. From Figure 1, it will be observed that the slots 2, 6, 12. and 13 are so positioned in their respective mem-bers as to be in registry with each other when the arts are assembled, thus affording an uno structel passage for the movable target strip.`

20 indicates a stationary target sheet which may be made of any relativel thin yieldable material, such as celluloi and which is provided with any suitable score markings 21, upon one of its faces, such for example as the well known bulls-eye. As clearly shown in Figure 1, this stationary target 2O is so positioned in back of and contacting with, the front plate 7, that the score markings 21 will be centered in the opening 8 of the said front plate.

Behind this stationary target 2O is placed a sheet-25 of .any copying medium, such for -example as the well known carbon paper, and between this sheet 25 and the back plate 14 of the target casing is fed a strip 27 of movable targets. To msure the copyin sheet 25 from being displaced,

when t e strip 27 is moved, the said copying sheet may be secured in any suitable manner not shown, to the stationary target 20,-or to the target casing. v

The Strip 27 of movable targets is of. sufficient width to closely tit, but ,not bind in, the aforementioned slots 2, 6,12 and .13,and

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pull rod 33 slidably supported by the racket 35, secured tothe bottom 4 of the v amusement device, all as clearly shown in Figure 1. To the other end of the rod 33 is fastened a wire 36 which extends'to the front' of the amusement device and terminates in a loop 37, which may be gras ed by the fingers of the operator or may be ooped over the hook 38, as best shown in Figures 4 and 5,-on the trigger 39 of a pistol 40 adapted to firel balls at the target.

A spring 43 mounted on said pull rod 33 presses against the support 35 at one end and against a suitable stop such as the washer 44, held by the pin at its other end. A pin 46 limits the movement of the rod 33 in its return direction, as will be seen in Fi ure 1.

n the strip 27 are successively printed, impressed, or otherwise suitably secured, in equal spaced relation, the score markings 50 of the exact same size and configuration as the score markings 21 on the stationary target 20. Between these markings 50 are also printed or impressed guide lines indicated in Figure 3 by the dotted line 51.

. Mounted upon the upperside of the frame member l, Figure 1, and extending longitudinally along one side of the slot 2y is an angle piece provided with the sharpened upper cutting edge 56 constituting a well known means whereby the external v portion of the strip 27 may be severed from the said strip.

The score markings 50, as well as the guide lines 51, are so spaced upon the target strip 27 that when one of the said guide llines registers with the cutting edge 56, the score markings 50 next below the said line will be in registry with the score markings 21 of the stationary target 20. That is to say, if the-target strip 27 be fed out of the slot 21 which it closely fits, and stopped when a guide line 51 shows along the cutting edge 56, then the lowermost point 57 and the extreme left point 58 of the score markings 50 Von the said strip will lie in the same horizontal and vertical planes as contain the lowermost point 59 and the furthermost left point 60 respectively, of the score markings 21 on the stationary target 20.

Tension may be applied to the roll 28 of movable targets, or to the strip 27 itself, in any suitable manner, such for example as by the spring clamps 65. An incline 66 provided with a guide groove 67 directs the fired balls in a manner fullyA disclosed in our said patent above mentioned, to the funnel 68, communicating with the cylinder 69 of the pistol 40, all as will be clear from Figures 4 and 5. The pistol is recharged by the revolution of the said cylinder by mechanism not shown but actuated by each pull of the trigger 39, all as will be clear from our said patent. The operation of the amusement device and target willbe clear from the foregoing, but may be briefiy described as follows:

The operator aims the pistol 40 at the target and pulls the trigger 39, whereupon a ball 100 fired from the said pistol strikes the stationary target 2O with considerable force. No mark, however, is left upon the said target sheet 20, but the force with which the ball is fired from the pistol is suicient to cause the said ball, through the medium of the yieldable sheet 20 and copying sheet 25, to impress a mark upon the movable target sheet 27 in a manner well understood. This mark of course will bev exactly behind, or in registry with, the oint of contact made by the ball 100 wit the stationary target sheet 20. Therefore, since the score markings 50 on the movable targetsheet 27 are in registry with the score markings 21 on the stationary target sheet 20, as heretofore explained, it follows that the mark made upon the said sheet. 27 will record on the score markings 50 thereon, the point where the ball hit the target sheet 20.

The operator then pulls the trigger 39 again, whereupon another ball vis fired by the pistol 40 at the target and, as above, makes a mark upon the movable target 27. This operation is repeated until the operator has made all the shots to which he is entitled.

In some cases it may be desirable to automatically unwind a predetermined portion of the strip 27 from the roll 28 upon firing each shot, and to this end the wire 36 may be looped over the hook 38 on the trigger, as indicated in dotted lines. vWhen this is done, each pull of the trigger 39 causes the wire 36, through rod 33, arm 32, pawl 31, and ratchet 30, to revolve the roll 28, there by unreeling a section 70 of the movable target strip 27. This loosened section 7 0 does not affect the position of that portion of the strip 27 located within the target casing, since the tensioning means 65 are sufficient to prevent any accidental slippage. The amount of strip 27 unreeled by each pull of the trigger may be varied according to the number of shots allowed to be red at the target. On the other hand, when it is not desired to thus automatically unwind the sheet'27 from the roll 28, the loop 37 may be unhooked from the trigger as illustrated in full lines, and in such case said loo may be grasped by the hand and the paw 31 and ratchet 30, thus operated. However, in most cases, the said pawl and ratchet need not be operated at all, as it will suice for the operator to merely pull the sheet 27 by hand out of the slot 2. That is, after the last shot has been fired, the operator y ps the stub, or end of the strip 27, exten 'ng above the top frame member 1, and pulls the said strip out of the frame until the next 4guide line 51 registers with the cutting edge 56. He thereupon tears oil, in the well known manner, the rtion of the said stri 27 above this line an -which has upon it t e record of his shots. The

device is then ready for use by the next operator. Y.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as the arrangement of parts, without departF ing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore it is not desired to' be limited to the above disclosure except as may be re uired by ythe claims.

hat we claim is:

1. In an amusement device, the combination' of a firing means; a target provided with a movable rtion.; connections between said movab e portion and said firing means; means associated with said movable portion adapted to leave animprint on said movable portion when a shot strikes said target; and means whereby said movable portion may ybe positioned with reference to said target. y

2. In an amusement device, the combination of a tiring means comprising a pistol provided with a trigger; a target provided with a movable portion; connections between said movable portion and said firing means; means associated with said movable portion adapted to leave an imprint on said movable portion when a shot strike.: said target; and means' whereby said moi-able portion may be positioned with reference to said target.

3. In an amusement device, the combination of a firing means; a target provided with a movable portion comprising a sheet of flexible material having score markings spaced predetermined distances apart; cennections between said movable portion and said tiring means; means associated with said movable portion adapted to leave an imprint on said movable portion when a shot strikes said target and means whereby said movable portion may be positioned with reference to said target. v

4. In an amusement device, the combination of a firing means; a target provided with a movable portion; connections comprising a feed mechanism. between said movable portion and said ring means; means associated with said movable portion adapted to leave an imprint on said movable maarre portion when a shot strikes said target; and means whereby said movable portion may be positioned with reference. to said target.

5. In an amusement device, the combination of a firing means; a target provided with a movable portion; connections between said movable portion and said firing means; means comprising a sheet of copy-- ing paper associated with said movable portion adapted to leave an imprint on said movable portion when a shot strikes said target ;l and means whereby said movable portion may be position^d with reference to said target. y

6. In an amusement device, the combination of a firing means; a target provided with a movable portion; connections between said movable portion and said firing means; means associated with said movable portion adapted to leave an imprint on said movable portion .'fhen a shot strikes said target; means to hold said movable portion in said target; and means whereby said movable portion may be positioned with reference to said target.

7. As a new article of manufacture, the herein described new target for use in amusement devices, the same comprising a stationary Hexible front sheet; a copyin sheet disposed behind said front sheet an adapted to make a record when said front sheet is struck; and a movable sheet disposed behind said copying sheet and adapted to receive a record from the latter when said front sheet is struck.

8. s a new article of manufacture, the herein described new ,target for use in amusement devices, the same comprising a stationary flexible front sheet provided with suitable score markings; a copying sheet disposed oehind said front sheet and adapted to make a record when said front Sheet is struck; and a movable sheet provided with score markings disposed behind said copying sheet and adapted to receive a record Jtrom the latter when said front sheet is struck.

9. As a new article o1 manufacture, the herein described new target far use in amusement devices, the same comprisin a stationary flexible front sheet provi ed with score markings; a copying sheet disposed behind said front sheet and adapted to make a record when said front sheet is struck; a movable sheet provided with score markings adapted to register with said rst named score markings `disposed behind said copying sht and ada ted to receive a record from the latter w en said front sheet is struck; and means for readily severing said movable sheet.'

ln testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

aniornn n. nnoirron, warfrne a. raarscn.

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